Chapter 1056: Cui Yingying moves into the harem and conquers the Tang Kingdom
Although the Wuwei Duan family is a big family in Wuwei County.

However, the entire Wuwei Duan family is not from the same clan.

According to research, the Wuwei Duan family has a total of six branches, also known as the Wuwei Duan family's six branches.

Later novelists even invented a "Duan Family Six Meridians Divine Sword".

Among the six branches of the Duan family, one branch was the most promising. It escaped to Nanzhao and became a founding hero of the Nanzhao Kingdom.

After several generations of accumulation, this branch of the Duan family turned the tables, occupied the land of Liuzhao, established a country and proclaimed themselves emperor, naming the country "Dali".

Under Su Mingzhe's "intimidation", Duan Lianshan's ambitions are not that big.

He just wanted to keep his current position as Minister of Works and pass on a title to his descendants.

It's not that he doesn't want to go further, but he is really aware that his own abilities are limited, and being able to reach the position of Minister of Works is already a forced task.

I really don't have the ability to go any further.

It's been a busy day.

After inspecting the progress of the imperial city, Duan Lianshan returned to the office to tidy up and prepared to go home to rest.

Before reaching Chengtian Gate, Duan Lianshan saw a sedan chair carrying a person walking out of the palace gate.

Outside Chengtian Gate is Chengtian Street, which is the main north-south street of the imperial city.

"The only one who can ride in the imperial sedan chair in the palace is His Majesty."

"But, His Majesty, why is he leaving the palace at this late hour instead of going to the harem to rest?"

Although Duan Lianshan was surprised by the emperor's whereabouts, after thinking about it, he wisely did not think too much about it.

After all, "speculating on the emperor's intentions" and "coveting the holy cross" are both capital crimes punishable by extermination of nine generations of the clan.

Su Mingzhe didn't know that his whereabouts had been seen by others.

Of course, as the founding emperor, Su Mingzhe is not afraid of others knowing his whereabouts.

So, he sat in the sedan chair and did not hide his whereabouts along the way. Soon he arrived at Suzaku Gate and came to Suzaku Street.

Cui Mansion.

Cui Zheng was a little surprised to see Su Mingzhe visiting in the evening, but when she thought of her daughter's beautiful appearance, she felt it was normal.

Thinking of her daughter, Cui Zheng's waist, which had originally softened, straightened up a little:
"I pay my respects to His Majesty!"

"Ma'am, you don't have to be so polite!"

Su Mingzhe extended his hand to help Cui Zheng stand up, then asked with a smile:
"Madam, is Yingying at home?"

"Yes, we just had dinner. It's time to go back to the attic in the backyard to rest."

As Cui Zheng said this, she invited Su Mingzhe to the living room to chat, and sent a maid to call her daughter over.

Not long after, Cui Yingying arrived with Hongniang. When the two women saw the man, they both looked eager.

The three of them never saw each other for a whole year.

For Su Mingzhe, there was no shortage of beautiful women by his side when he was on a campaign.

However, because Cui Yingying was going to marry the emperor, she was strictly disciplined by Cui Zheng since she settled in Chang'an. She was not allowed to go out of the main door or the secondary door, which almost suffocated her.

Everyone sat down in the living room and started chatting about this and that.

After a while.

Seeing that Cui Zheng had no intention of leaving him and Cui Yingying alone, Su Mingzhe had no choice but to speak directly and asked with a smile:
"Madam, to celebrate the army's triumphant return, Chang'an City was banned for three days. Have you and Yingying ever gone out to enjoy the night view of Chang'an?"

Cui Zheng immediately knew the man's plan, but could only respond in a conventional manner:
"Your Majesty, the weather has been cold these past few days, so Yingying and I have not gone out."

Su Mingzhe was delighted when he heard this and said with a smile:

"Madam, tonight is our last night. I want to take Yingying out for a walk later. Would you like to come with us?"

Cui Zheng also knew that it was not good for her to continue to stop him, so she could only sigh and say:
"I am old and cannot stand the cold. Your Majesty and Yingying should leave as soon as possible."

"In that case, Madam, please go to bed early. I will go out with Yingying now and we will be back as soon as possible."

Su Mingzhe said, in order not to give Cui Zheng a chance to regret, he asked Cui An, the housekeeper of the Cui Mansion, to prepare the carriage.

Soon, the carriage was ready.

Cui Yingying and Hongniang also changed into fur coats, wrapped themselves tightly, and then followed the men into the carriage.

After the three of them got in the car, they quietly went out from the corner gate of Cui's mansion, turned two streets, and arrived at the prosperous Jinchangfang.

There is the famous Da Ci'en Temple in Jinchangfang.

This Da Ci'en Temple is where Master Xuanzhuang practiced.

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is also here.

Chang'an City was not banned for three days. As a holy place of Buddhism, Da Ci'en Temple set off fireworks for three consecutive nights, attracting countless pilgrims. Cui Yingying and Hongniang had been imprisoned for almost a year, so they naturally wanted to go to such a lively place to have some fun.

Under the supervision of the man, the two women ate a lot of snacks and drank a lot of juice while they were having fun.

We played until the hour of Hai.

Seeing that the temperature was getting lower and lower, Su Mingzhe invited the two to follow him to find a place to avoid the cold.

Cui Yingying and Hongniang understood what the man meant.

To be honest, the three of them haven't seen each other for ten months.

Not only do men miss women, but as women, Cui Yingying and Hongniang also miss men.

Soon, the carriage, driven by the personal guards, arrived at the gate of a market town.

After entering the market town, the carriage turned into a courtyard.

The yard was brightly lit and there were soldiers guarding it.

Su Mingzhe waited for the two women to get off the carriage before explaining:

"This was originally a royal palace in Ping'anfang. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu of Zhou secretly dug a tunnel from the harem to here in order to facilitate her lovers to enter the palace. Of course, some people also say that this tunnel was dug by Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in order to secretly meet Empress Wu of Zhou who lived in Ganye Temple."

"A tunnel dug during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang? Doesn't that mean it's been there for two hundred years?"

Hongniang was secretly amazed when she heard this. She never thought that a secret passage had such a history.

Su Mingzhe smiled without saying anything, but eagerly took the two girls' hands and led them into the backyard attic.

After not seeing her for ten months, Cui Yingying is still as graceful as ever, with fair skin, slender figure and light body.

During this year, Su Mingzhe led the army to pacify Qi State, Dingnan Army, and Uighurs, and also collected many beauties.

However, these beauties were basically beauties from the Dangxiang, Uighur, and various ethnic groups in the Western Regions. Although they had coquettish figures, beautiful and generous, they were not as delicate, tender, fragrant, smooth, delicate and delicious as Cui Yingying.

Now, after a long separation, they are reunited, and it is natural that they are as close as ever and cannot bear to be apart.

After a night of romance.

Su Mingzhe reluctantly sent the two girls back to Cui's house.

Since this day.

Su Mingzhe would go out of the palace from time to time and take the two girls to his residence in Ping'anfang to play.

Cui Zheng knew that she couldn't stop it, so she could only choose to let it go.

in a blink.

It's the end of the year.

It arrived in the second year of Jianwu in the Han Dynasty.

The new year begins.

The Han Dynasty's court finally finalized the plan to attack the Tang Kingdom this year.

March.

After Cui Yingying's mourning period ended, she was canonized as queen by Su Mingzhe and entered the harem.

Early April.

The Han Dynasty suddenly sent a proclamation to the three neighboring kingdoms of Liang, Shu, and Tang, namely the "Exhortation to Punish the Tang".

In the "Manifesto", the seventeen crimes of Emperor Tang Li Cunxu were listed.

Emperor Li Cunxu of Tang knew that Tang was no match for Han, so he sent people to Chang'an to seek peace, expressing his willingness to give up his title and submit to Han. At the same time, he sent people to Liang and Shu for help.

After all, the three countries formed an alliance just last year.

Su Mingzhe did not even go to meet the envoys who came to seek peace.

After issuing the "Manifesto", he led his army straight to Hezhong Prefecture.

The eighth day of April.

Su Mingzhe personally led an army of 80,000 and defeated an enemy of 100,000 in a single battle in Hezhong Prefecture, capturing the second prince of the Tang Kingdom, Yuan Jie.

Afterwards, the army advanced with great momentum.

the end of April.

Su Mingzhe led his army to victory after victory and arrived at the city of Taiyuan.

At this time, the reinforcements from Liang and Shu were just getting ready to go.

(End of this chapter)